They still won't sleep

Hi all,
I am desperate here, we have tried everything. The girls still aren't sleeping all night. I have blamed it on teething, ear infections, etc... but this is starting to ge ridiculous! <_< I have tried it all even CIO which I said I wouldn't but after 30 minutes I finally broke down too! :cray: Is there anyone out there who still has 2 that aren't sleeping yet??? :help:

TIA!!

 

How often are they waking? I don't have any advice but :hug99: to you and I hope someone else here is able to help!!

 

Brandy, :hug99: I am so sorry they aren't sleeping. I only have the one (Kevin) who tends to wake up a lot. He still requires a bottle if you can believe it. Neither of mine use pacificers either so it's hard to get them back to sleep without some type of soother.

All I can say is, it will eventually stop. John had a lot of trouble sleeping through and eventually by 18 months he was much better. He still wakes though occasionally and comes into my room looking for a buddy. Some kids are just like that sometimes. I know that's not a big consolation --- but that's all the advice I have for you.

I hope you get a full night's rest someday. Get some ear plugs and try to block them out just one night... or make Josh get up. :hug99:

 

:hug99: I hope it gets better soon.

 

I feel your pain, Brandy! I've got one that is still waking up - like a million times a night. I might have gotten two hours of sleep last night and ended up sleeping on the floor of their room because I was tired of running back and forth from the bedroom!

I'm thinking about CIO...we've tried everything else. Good luck and please let me know what works!!!!!

 

Brandy, My girls took a while to sleep through the night too. My husband and I were so tired and angry and crabby all day long after waking up just once or twice. You always here, "Let them cry", which I know is easy for someone else to say. The night that changed it all for us was when we sent them to my mom's. We did not have a night off for 9 months, so we were desperate just to sleep a full 7-8 hours. She let them cry, after checking their diapers, and knowing they had plenty to eat. The sleep we had that night was so great, and the girls seemed happy and fine after a night of crying, so we had to try it. That night we vowed that we would not go in the room until the morning. We put them to bed at 7 and at 1:00 Cassidy woke up, of course a half hour later Logan woke up from Cassidy crying. After about an hour of screaming, I just poked my head in to sniff for a dirty diaper, but nothing. They cried on and off for about 3 hours that night. We were exhausted the next morning when they woke back up at 6, but we knew we had to stick to it. The next night, they only cried for and hour and ever since then they sleep from 7 to 6:30. It was the hardest, but the best thing we ever did. I think you will get fet up enough to just let them cry. Good luck

 

Is it really both of them or is it one that is not sleeping as well as the other but they end up waking the other? That has been my situation since about 7 months. Arwen was ready to sleep through the night at about 7 months but was always woken up in the middle of the night by Lorien. I'm afraid to share this with you but my girls have BOTH started sleeping through the night consistently just in the past week. I finally came to accept that I just didn't have great sleepers (although it was really Lorien that wasn't a great sleeper). And I swear, just this past week (and a half) they have both slept EVERY NIGHT THROUGHT THE NIGHT YIPPEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! But my girls are almost 15 months. I noticed that she has started sleeping through the night since she has started learning to walk. I have to assume that this activity must be completely exhausting her plus I FINALLY got them onto one nap a day!! Don't think I have helped you in anyway but just know that I was there too and it seemed forever until they would finally sleep through. I have to admit that I have also gotten better about letting them cry in the middle of the night and recognizing when it's just a whimper type cry, like they are testing me to see if I'll come in. I try to give it a few minutes and now they usually go back to sleep but if they are crying hard then I know it's something else (usually teething since so many teeth are coming in now) and I will go in to console them.

 

My, almost 9 month DD wakes constantly throughout the night (now screaming bloody murder) and does not take too many naps. I cannot believe you posted this because JUST last night I tried to have her CIO, but after two hours of checking on her in the middle of the night, I gave in, and gave her a bottle...I am so bad at this - I just cannot sleep if they are crying.

So, to tell you - I am so sorry. I feel your pain. It totally stinks to be so tired of being tired. Let me know if you find anything that works. I am going to let her cry again tonight.

jen

 

I just did CIO with my daughter, tonight will be the fourth night. The first night was AWFUL!!!! She cried all night long. The second night she only cried half the night and last night she slept from 7:00 p.m. - 5:45 a.m. You really can do it, I believe that was one of the most heart wrenching experiences. She use to wake up 2-3 times a night to eat and then 5-8 times a night for binky reinstertion. I'm hoping she will go a little bit longer in the morning after a while, but I'm so glad I stuck to my guns. If you do decide to do CIO make sure you dress them warm enough because they will kick the blankets off of them. The first night I was worried about her getting cold and tried numerous time to sneak in a get a blanket on her but she was either crying or talking to herself all night and I was unable to get a blanket back on her. GOOD LUCK!!!